고구려 음식의 추이와 식재료 연구

Abstract

Goguryeo was a powerful nation that recovered the old territory of Gojoseon and built a great empire in Northeast Asia. It made exchanges and fought in war with many peoples around it including the countries bordering on Western China in a far distance and China, Baekje, and Shilla in a near distance, exchanging mutual influences with them on an ongoing basis. In the process, it established its original cultures, one of which was its food culture. The food culture of Goguryeo was the combination between its locality and the experiences of its people, reflecting its uniqueness well. It was an agriculture-oriented society from the beginning, but it had to engage in many wars to conquer and subjugate its neighboring countries due to its spatial limitations including lack of plain and abundance of mountain. Even though it had strong agricultural elements, it encouraged its people to go and hunt and developed hunting activities as national events. The diverse kinds of meat materials from hunting activities included meat dishes in the characteristics of its food culture. Marine products from its rich marine world also influenced its food culture. After King Jangsu moved the capital to Pyeongyangseong, its half-agriculture,half-hunting lifestyle was replaced by full-scale agriculture. The transition to an agricultural society had impacts on its food culture. The focus on field farming was shifted to rice farming. As its food culture became more grain-oriented,meat and fish, which used to claim a similar status, became side dishes. Goguryeo developed its food culture by securing a variety of food materials in addition to them in the process of engaging in many wars and obtaining new land. Food materials were not just materials to make dishes. They went through a process of concentrating, producing, developing, a thrmproving its capabilities. Thus it is safe to say that the quantity and quality of food materials available to a country have something to do with its productive capacity.